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s ' OA II ill THB WBATHBX - ' . Ratn tpaih tnd Tomorrow . Col , Oil VOL. XVIL--N6v269 SECOND EDITION KINSTON, N. C, FRIDAY, APRIL 7, 1916 FOUR PAGES TRICE TWO CENTS ItlVK CENTS ON TRAINS TJIILIB ENGAGEMENT BETW'EN AM'RICANS CRAIG ML TRY TO PUBLIC SCHOOLS TO CLOSE END PRESENT LATEST MODEL MAXWELL AND : VILUSTAS OCCURRED TUESDAY AT SEND SOME OF THE LYNCHERS TO PRISON .ClANEPllfl; BAND TS LOST TEN DEAD Hi MONTH the' i:::e web ii 'HVU11-) THE Carranzistas ITelpcd United Depart jnent- Two Outlaws Captured American De tachments Believdd ClosVbh Heels of Villa In Coun try South of Chihuahua Chieftain Has Two Thousand Men With Him and Is Awaiting Arrival ;Dodds ties from Punitive Expedition About to Run In Upon Guerillas, Rumored ' i (By tho Washington, April 7. Americans and Villistas fought i third engagement Tuesday at Cianeguilla. Ten Villis tas were killed, two captured, Carranzistas helped the Americans." The news reached the War Department. to day. The Department also between Villistas and Americans, at Agu& Calientes Sat urday. : . Americans Nearing Villa's Position. San Antonio, April 7. American advanced detach ments are believed to be near of Chihuahua City, hot on Villa's trail. Villa Reported to Have 2,000 Men. . El. Pa'sd, 'April 7. Villa men at Parral f or a stand cording to 'information reaching here from Mexican sources. Dddd s advance cavalry is reported to be near ing there. The Villistas' reported numbers surprised offi cials here who believe they PIN WANTS THE CflWON-CiiAiE AT in To See If Bears Are Cons piring to Lqwer Prices- Greatest Reduction In Years of .Winter Wheat Crop 24 Points Off (By the United Press) Washington, April 7. .Representa tive Heflin today introduced a bill asking for investigation of the New York cotton exchange to find .wheth er the market is controlled by a con ' Sniracy of bear operators trying to lower prices. ; v : Winter Wheat! Fourth Short 1 The reduction of 24 jnoints of the . winter wheat crop as compared with last year, is indicated in a report by the Department of Agriculture. The crop is estimated at 495,000,000 bush els. The falling off was due to bad weather and reduction ; of acreage. The production was lower than in any year since 1904. , - I Chicago, April T. SenatorWanteri. G. Harding of Ohio was chosfen tem porary chairman 'of ithe Republican National Conventidn, .jby the unani mous : vote of the committee on ar rangements of the Republican Na tional' Committee here today. . IffARY 111 . il.i:-! W. '3. JBoone,who- will leave "the U. S. about ' April 15-for a four years': stajy lit the Orkntis spending two or" three days here bidding good bye to friends. Mr. Boone came from liUmbertot his home town, a He was stationed hero in 191,5 as demonstra ior ageht for the Department of Ag riculture. V , . . ' Mr. Be i,hfBriti Vf- r, . r 1 . l . 1 1 soone -ia uruier coiuract wun British-Amerdcan Tobacco Com- teach Chinese. farmM how to growlbetter weed. He will be sta tioned in Shanghai, the Chinese coast wetropolis, where there is a large foreign population. He is thankfuj Oiat he will have the chance to live in the city, although his work will ny him into 'rural districts" of China frequently, and far away from the habitat of white men, it is pre sumed. .' INSTIGATED Stales Trciops, Says War CityReport Says Fugitive Men Only Advanced Par 1 ; ; ' United Press) confirmed reports of the fight Satevon, forty miles "south has gathered two thousand against the Americans, ac may be exaggerated. G0LDSB0R0 YOUTHS ARRESTED IN CIH Trio Had 22 Pints of Whisky One -v Takes Blame But Police Hold All- Woman Got Away ' Prisoner ' Members Good Families and Have Good Characters Generally, It Is Said ; The police seized 22 pints of whis ky from an automobile an South Kin gton, this morning between 2 and 3 o'clock, ; and arrested R. L. Coker, Marvin Best and 8. F. Pate, charged with violating the prohibition law by transporting and having too much li quor. Chief of Police Heath says Coker declared ownership of the whisky and automobile and exonerated his com panions. Assistant Chief Skinner and policemen discovered the machine in the resort section. They had spotted it previously. One of the men was asleep dn the car, apparently very drunk. Skinner removed he whisky. The others came out of a house and one commenced a tirade against the person or persons who had "stolen" the whisky. The couple were arrested. The woman, who was not identified, concealed herself, it is thought She was not located. The three men, all youths, remained in custody. failnr to give bond.. All are from Goldboro. The Chief states that the Goldsboro police .give-Best and Pate rather good characters, sThey 'are' said to be well connected. ! Coker, he says, has been suspected ithere for sometime. The trial was expected to be held this afternoon. 5 THE DAY ON THE i- "WON EXCHANGE nn ih Will cotton market were larger today a score of bales (laving been disposed of before noon. The best price by then was 11 1-2. New York futures quotations were: " open: z:w May . . I . . . . . .'. . . .11.90 11.83 July . . . . . . . . . . . -. . 12.06 12.03 October .. ....123 12-19 December . . . .. ...... 12.40 12.37 January . . . 12.43 12.39 BULLETINS SHIPSUXK; 11 DROWNED. , l , ; London,. April 7. Eleven Asi atic member of the crew were drowned when Uie Peninsula & , Oriental liner Simla sank in the Mediterraaeaa. . . Tro of these Cars form the Capital Prizes in Coniest. UNITED STATES NOT wAlr Ijong for the GERMAN STATEMENT Government Is Absolutely Convinced Teuton Tor pedo Flit Sussex GEiURD SEES NO DANGER Of Break Between Nations. Reichstag More Friendly toward - America Since ' f " ' , I.'':"' - '' Chancellor's Address, Says Dr. Hecksher -; (By the United Press) Washington, April 7-The govern. ment is absolutely convinced that a German torpedo struck the Sussex. A German statement of intentions is awaited in the light of this fact, and this government will not wait ong. These facts were made known today as the Cabinet assembled to consider ithe question. Gerard Not Worried. , f - By CARL W. ACKERMAN, (United Press Staff Correspondent) Berlin, April 7. Ambassador Ger ard doesn't believe the German-American situation is serious. Despite English reports, he believes, Ger many may meet America with corn plate willingness to settle the ques tions on five ships now pending. Dr. Hecksher of the Reichstag foreign relations committee today said the whale tone in the Eeichstag, former ly anti-American, has changed since ihe chancellor's speech Wednesday. lu Ni)T ONE STICK ITE FIRE CHIEF Rumor That Had Reached Officials to Effect That Hardware l)ealers Kept , Explosives In Places Bus iness Flatly I)enTed There is absolutely no foundation for a rumor that explosives are stor ed in local hardware stores," declar ed Fire Chief T. V. Moseley today. He had been advised that it Was re ported ithat dynamite, or powder or bath were kept an conisderable quan tities"; in certain of the establish ments. "I have the word of every proprietor that such Is not the case,? he stated ; "and, in fact, 'I believe there Js only one concern here -selling explosives."' 'j -y ' -i The law requires explosives to be stored i places a certain distance be yond the corporate limits of a town. The law Is being obeyed by the lo cal dealers, Chief Moseley said with pof itiveness. He is satisfied there is not a stick of dynamite nor a keg of - 11 r- CIITY SATS BETIIINCO'RT SEEMS HAVE SHALL CHANCE ESCAPING CAPTURE Fall of Haucourt Makes Garrison's Position More PerilousStated GERMAN GUNNERS BUSY Pounding Away at .Salient to Prepare for Great In fantry Attack Teutons Bent On Taking Verdun i J'rom the Northwest (By the United Press) ' London, April 7. The French po sition at, Bethincourt 1s greatly im perilled by tho surrender of . Hau court It was under a terrific Ger man bombardment all day yesiicrdny. The Germans apparently are prepar ing to concentrate for a heavy smash against this salient as the next move in the new Verdun drive from the northwest ' -Russians Take a Town. Petrograd, April 7. Destruction of a German airship southwest of Dvi nsk and the capture of the Galician village of Svetkavtze are reported of ficially. Much booty was taken at Svetwavtze. Russian Naval Activities. Petrograd, April 7. The Russians are advancing on Trobizond. the Tur- kish Black Sea port, from the east and south, official dispatches today said. ' In a naval battle Russian submar ines saw a Turkish steamer, convoy ed by a torpedo boat, and eleven sai, ing snips Jaden with coal. A itus. sian battleship bombarded ithe form er German cruiser Breslau, now fty ing the Turkish flag, which fled. HAVE ROADS BUILD STATION ON DESIGNATED SITE? Reported That N. S. and A. C. L. Have Decided Not , to Fight Location at Gor - don and Independent Mijgfht Be Bluff Opinion , Rumors known to have emanated from reliable sources " state tho- the Norfolk Southern and Atlantic Coast Line Railroads have agreed to abide by the Corporation' Commission's de cision thait the new union passenger station should foe put at "the South east corner of Gordon " and Indepen d ent streets. "No verification can be had from any source,, however, : Whether the Tail roads believe hat (Continued on-' Page Four) : "' powdot anywhere in Kinstori. ; ,V -V ' OtTicials had bec.i informed that explosives were stored in the city; AGREED Trie FreelPrelss Voting BRITISH SCOFF AT TERMS OFFERED BY GERMAN CHiCETR Peace No Nearer From Von Bethniann-IIolweiff's ' Speech to Reichstag - MORE MODERATE, THOUGH 1 - v Verdun Offensive's Failure and Food Problem Have Caused Teutons Modi fy Tentative Demands, Say English Officials (By EI). L. KEEN. (United Press Staff Correspondent) London, April 7. 1'caee is no nearer as a result of the German chancellor's Reichstag speech. Every British official interviewed today scoffed at the idea that England would agree to the terms suggested It is believed -here -that the terms of the' chancellor are modified from for mer suggestions. Officials give two reasons, namely, ithe Verdun failure and tho increasing seriousness of the Gehnan food problem. Chancellor's Speech From German Point of View. - By CAUL W. ACKERMAN, (United I 'reus Staff Correspondent) Be rli ii April 7. The papers here gensrljR;iinterpreted , Von Bethmann Jlplweig'i 4 Reichstag speech as lay ing before the ,world Germany's terms for ondingjje war. WffiW'T FARM VA'LEY SCIIO'L LARGELY' ATTENBED Six Schools Participating In Exercises at Central School Address by State Inspector . High Schools Big Country Dinner ' Six or seven Tiundred persons at tended the group school commence rent at Farm Valley school, Falling Creek, today. : The exercises com menced a't 10:30 o'clock. At 1 o'clock an elaborate dinner was sot by the patrons of the school for the guests, who were-from a large territory sur roundini?. , . , The.jjUowing schools, members of the Farm Valley group, participated: Hickory "iGVove, Daly's, Aldridge," In stiiute,;OaIi Dale, and Farm Valley, The group center school as one of the model institutions of ithe county's systcnj, ' t ' i One of the best declamation con test ever heard in Lenoir county fea tured the exercises. Miss Mabel Pol lock, daughter of Supii. George R, (Continued on Page Two) M"rthnn : UKUUl' Expected to Offer Reward TodayAct of Mob Wor ries the Governor TALKS WITH OFFICIALS Solicitor Expects Develop ments In Investigation -Soon or Will Call Halt to Wait Until Somebody Has Talked, Indicated Governor Craig talked with local officials over long distance telephone Thursday night in regard to Ahe lynching of Joseph Black, eolored, taken from the Lencir county jail Wednesday and shot to death by a mob in Greene county. The Governor seemed to be worried over the affa'ir. lie inltends to press lhelnveitigation, and prosecution of snspects as well, to try to place re sponsibility for tho lynching and uend somo prrsops to the peniten'tiary, it Is "SalilrHe suggested offering a re wanl, and asked .the advice of the of ficials on that matter. lie is expected to announce tho reward in a few hours. Solicitor II. E. Shaw thi morning stated that he. could give out noth ing further about the investigation to be started. He would not say that he expected to secure the con viction of any persons. He intimated that something would develoD in a day or two ithat the investigation would be suspended to await develop, meats..-.' f . Greene county men today deny that the lynchers were "a Giecno county molv," and assert that the ma JcrKy of them were from Pitt coun ty. Block lived neur the Pifct-Greena line, they say, as does Tyson, th white man whose life was threaten ed by the-negro. Colonel Shaw be lieves "both counties" furnished con. tingents. INDICTMOTS IN THE v CANAL CONSPIRACY Expected In a Few Days Man Who ' Assisted ' Tauscher In Engineering Plot b Destroy the Welland Not Likely to Be Tried Von Der ' Gdltze Promises to Be Govern ment Witness l By the United Press.) Washington, April 7. Indictments in ' the Welland Canal conspiracy, which Captain Hans Tauscher is al leged to have, engineered with ,Horst Von Der Goltze, are expected withir a few days. It ds improbable s that Goltze will be indicted, since he has promised to be a governmemt witness. AYDEN ILLUSTRATED IN HANDSOME LITTLE BOOK JUST POT OUT The Ayden Chaml)cr of Commerce has just issued a handsome 36-page booklet of the vest-pocket size, . set ting forth the charms of "one of the most wide-awake, progressive ' small towns in the State, offering unlimited opportunities to the home-seeker and the investor.'' The booklet is well-printed and con tains many illustrations. Fine busi ness structures, . churches, schools, homes, etc., are depicted. ; : "During the year : of 11)15," sy3 the pamphldt, "this little village for a village it was then inaugu rated a campaign for progress, which in less than six months"time termi nated into one of the greatest periods of progress and advancement inTTho ent'rety of its history." Pages are de- voted to a resume of industrial ac tivities, the echools, chamber of com merce, civic league, charchas, water, lights and sewerefo systems, bank ing houses," business house; , hotels, and "Ayden as a whole." " Eight-Months Term Deter mined Upon by Trustees Thursday Night HOPED FOR LONGER YEAR Board Could Not Very Well Finance Extra Month-i-Had Made an Earlier Start Against Chance of Running Through May The city schools will end the scho- lastic year on April 28, it was an . -rcunced Thursday n'ght, following a meeting of the Board of Trustees. The term will have run the usual tight months then. The school year was starred a Ut ile earlier than usual in tho tad, in , the bope thait the board might have funds enough to increase tho term to time months. It was Stated Thurs day that tit was tpossible that ' (the board would not see its way clear to finance the schools for the proposed ninth month, and the meeting result- ' ed -in ithe decision to close them at the end of the eighth. The trustees expect to be able to make (the 1916-1917 term run nine months. Members of the board say that the- present year might have been stretch ed to nine months, but that the funds would have been cut very closely. ' FIRE IN HARDWARE SEVERAL THOUSAND Blaze of Unknown . Origin ' In Place of D. V. Dix- , oh & Son Early Todays Firemen Checked Flames Immediately iFire shortly after 3 o'clock ibis morning did damage estimated at $3,000 or $3,G00 in the hardware store of D. V. Dixon & Son at the South east corner of Ndrth and Queen streets. The figures of damage are those of ' Fire Chief Moseley," The origin of the blaze 4tt unknowri. The department was quickly on the scene and checked the progress of tlie flames within five minutes. 5 .The fire was confined to the second story of the building,' in which It, started. The blaze was a more or less Stubborn one, and it took the firemen about 30 minutes to completely extinguish It. Combustibles, such as paints, oils and 'varnishes threatened to make trouble for - the fire-fighters. The water pressure mras excellent .'.:-.: The' (ire was not exactly a spec tacular one, but quite "Sniereating.' to quote Chief Moseley. The depart-' ment excelled their previous 'best ef fort and handled the blaze in- an ad mirable fashion, he said. A etranger . who xhwmed long' acquaintance witk fire depantnvervts in many places de-v ctared'to a' group' of the men that he could not believe tJiem volunteers, so nicely .' had they -coped -with ' the threatening situation, for ithe' flame's had- gained considerable headway be fore the apparatus was called. Much' of the damage' was from smoke and water. y - ' ' - - ' Insurance men this afternoon es timated the , damage 'to stock and building at $5,000. LOOXS LIKE STEIN MIGHT-GET WELL; SAID The condition of Harry Stein, shor by Margaret Partello on March was stated to be improved this after noon. Thysicians eay Stein's chance for recovery is better. Ilis assail ant is out on bail. DAMAGE (i i ? t ! , i 1 , r, t t I it n 1 t I'1! I 4
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